Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) took to social media to drop a bombshell allegation: that Home Speaker Mike Johnson quietly canceled a key vote this week on a rescissions bundle backed by President Trump — a bundle aimed toward slashing $9.3 billion in bloated federal spending, together with cuts to left-wing propaganda mills NPR and PBS, and the now-defunct USAID.
Punchbowl News reported again in April that Home GOP leaders had tentatively deliberate to vote on the rescissions bundle on Might 5, 2025.
The White Home reportedly briefed congressional staffers final month on the proposal — a sweeping effort to claw again billions of taxpayer {dollars} and dismantle corrupt bureaucracies like USAID, which Trump has already folded into the State Division below Secretary Marco Rubio.
Among the many prime targets within the bundle:
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$8.3 billion in overseas help, largely by the now-defunct USAID, an company President Trump has shut down and folded into the State Division.
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$1.1 billion in funding for NPR and PBS, which Trump officers have labeled “far-left indoctrination machines funded by taxpayers.”
Massie took to X to interrupt the information, writing, “This wasn’t broadly lined within the information, so I’ll inform you: Congress was scheduled to vote on rescissions THIS WEEK to chop the waste that DOGE discovered, however the votes had been quietly canceled. USAID and different packages like PBS and NPR had been to be focused.”
Speaker Johnson’s workplace swiftly pushed again on the declare. Press Secretary Athina Lawson issued an announcement denying any cancellation:
“No votes on rescissions had been “cancelled” this week. The Speaker has repeatedly expressed his dedication to save lots of taxpayer funds by way of the rescissions course of. Underneath regulation, this course of requires a particular message to Congress detailing proposed rescissions BEFORE Congress can act.”
No votes on rescissions had been “cancelled” this week.
The Speaker has repeatedly expressed his dedication to save lots of taxpayer funds by way of the rescissions course of.
Underneath regulation, this course of requires a particular message to Congress detailing proposed rescissions BEFORE Congress can act. https://t.co/7bXizzRwzh
— Athina Lawson (@athina_lawson) May 7, 2025
